This is the PDF to the bill, Oklahoma Senate Bill 1554:
Here's an excerpt from the Bill itself, from state senator Randy Grellner of Oklahoma":
No NGO shall knowingly or recklessly provide material support for the benefit of any illegal immigrant or asylum seeker within this state. Any NGO that violates this subsection shall be permanently ineligible to receive any state or local funding.
In addition to the penalty provided in subsection B of this section: 1. Any officer, director, employee, or agent of an NGO who knowingly participates in or directs a violation of subsection B of this section shall be guilty of a felony, punishable upon conviction by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, by a fine not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;
The bill defines material support as:
“Material support” means food, shelter, housing, transportation, legal services, medical care, financial assistance, or any other tangible aid or resource, directly or indirectly, that facilitates the presence, resettlement, or integration of individuals described in paragraph 2 of this subsection within this state;
That legal services prohibition definitely runs contrary to the 5th and 14th Amendments' Due Proces clauses which states:
No person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . ..
-U.S. Constitution's 5th Amendment.
And
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . ..
-U.S. Consitution's 14th Amendment.
So how can Oklahoma expect to legally deprive someone of their access to legal services without letting them have acess to an attorney? Depriving someone of the opportunity to rebut the assertion that they're a migrant means anyone can be labeled as a migrant, which would deprive everyone of the opportunity to rebut that.
Also, the deprival of food, shelter, housing, or medical care would constitute a cruel and unusually punishment which is prohibited under the 8th Amendment, which states:
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
That applies against the states too via the 14th Amendment.
Don't forget the 6th amendment right to the assistance of counsel.
That amendment specifically applies to criminal prosecutions. The 5th Amendment is more applicable because, as was pointed out in Miranda, the 5th Amendment's due process clause requires the advice of counsel before the indictment has been filed. The Due Process clause inherently requires people to be able to access attorneys.
Prostitution shouldn't be criminal 😉
Fixed